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'''Major Warren Hamilton "Warnie" Lewis''' ([[16 June]], [[1895]] – [[9 April]], [[1973]]), also known as '''W.H. Lewis''', was a soldier and historian, and brother of the British writer and academic [[C.S. Lewis]]. Warren Lewis was a supply officer in the British army during and after [[World War I]]. After retiring in 1932 to live with his brother in Oxford, he was one of the founding members of the [[Inklings]]. He wrote on French history | '''Major Warren Hamilton "Warnie" Lewis''' ([[16 June]], [[1895]] – [[9 April]], [[1973]]), also known as '''W.H. Lewis''', was a soldier and historian, and brother of the British writer and academic [[C.S. Lewis]]. Warren Lewis was a supply officer in the British army during and after [[World War I]]. After retiring in [[1932]] to live with his brother in [[Oxford]], he was one of the founding members of the [[Inklings]]. He wrote on French history. | ||
He served as his brother's secretary for the later years of C.S. Lewis's life. In order to protect him from annoying fan phonecalls, he repeatedly answered "Oxford Sewage Disposal Unit" until the caller went away.<ref>{{L|287}}</ref> | |||
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*[[1947]]: ''[[Essays Presented to Charles Williams]]'', pp. 136-145 | *[[1947]]: ''[[Essays Presented to Charles Williams]]'', pp. 136-145 | ||
**"The Galleys of France" | **"The Galleys of France" | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:50, 9 August 2023
Major Warren Hamilton "Warnie" Lewis (16 June, 1895 – 9 April, 1973), also known as W.H. Lewis, was a soldier and historian, and brother of the British writer and academic C.S. Lewis. Warren Lewis was a supply officer in the British army during and after World War I. After retiring in 1932 to live with his brother in Oxford, he was one of the founding members of the Inklings. He wrote on French history.
He served as his brother's secretary for the later years of C.S. Lewis's life. In order to protect him from annoying fan phonecalls, he repeatedly answered "Oxford Sewage Disposal Unit" until the caller went away.[1]
Bibliography, selected[edit | edit source]
Books[edit | edit source]
- 1982: Brothers and Friends: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis (edited by Clyde S. Kilby and Marjorie Lamp Mead)
Articles[edit | edit source]
- 1947: Essays Presented to Charles Williams, pp. 136-145
- "The Galleys of France"
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 287, (dated 10 May 1966)